CHAMELEON_BREEZE
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Just last Monday I added my first creatures to my 75 Gallon FOWLR!!
I added a Millet Seed Butterflyfish & a Red Pencil Urchin.
The day after adding them the sump level started to decrease so I added more salt water (the salinity was also pretty low at the moment. Now however, my urchin's spines are starting to droop and when I recently took him out to move him to a spot with more food, I noticed he had a weird odor (I cannot smell it from the tank) and some strange brown squishy thing on the bottom of the urchin. I researched this online and found out the urchin could be sick from nitrates, but my nitrates are all at 0ppm. Then I found out fast salinity changes can cause the urchins to stress. The butterflyfish is doing absolutely fine, though.
How can I save him? Is there any way? Is this normal for a new urchin?
I added a Millet Seed Butterflyfish & a Red Pencil Urchin.
The day after adding them the sump level started to decrease so I added more salt water (the salinity was also pretty low at the moment. Now however, my urchin's spines are starting to droop and when I recently took him out to move him to a spot with more food, I noticed he had a weird odor (I cannot smell it from the tank) and some strange brown squishy thing on the bottom of the urchin. I researched this online and found out the urchin could be sick from nitrates, but my nitrates are all at 0ppm. Then I found out fast salinity changes can cause the urchins to stress. The butterflyfish is doing absolutely fine, though.
How can I save him? Is there any way? Is this normal for a new urchin?